Journal article
A Socioecological Analysis of the Determinants of National Public Health Nutrition Work Force Capacity: Australia as a Case Study
Family and Community Health: the journal of health promotion and maintenance, Vol.29(1), pp.55-67
2006
Abstract
This article uses a socioecological analytical approach to assess the capacity of the public health nutrition work force in Australia as a prelude to work force development strategy planning. It demonstrates how the socioecological model can be used to assess and inform the development of the infrastructure required for effective public health nutrition effort. An interpretive case study method was used involving triangular analysis of quantitative and qualitative data from multiple sources including semistructured interviews with advanced-level practitioners, literature review, a cross-sectional national work force survey, and position description audit and consensus development using a Delphi study. The findings of this analysis indicate that the Australian public health nutrition work force's capacity to effectively address priority nutrition issues is limited by determinants that can be categorized as relating to human resource infrastructure, organizational and policy environments, intelligence access and use, practice improvement and learning systems, and work force preparation. This socioecological analysis supports an intelligence-based focus for work force development effort in Australia and a conceptual framework for work force capacity assessment with potential applications in other countries.
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- Title
- A Socioecological Analysis of the Determinants of National Public Health Nutrition Work Force Capacity: Australia as a Case Study
- Authors
- Roger Hughes (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health and Education
- Publication details
- Family and Community Health: the journal of health promotion and maintenance, Vol.29(1), pp.55-67
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Date published
- 2006
- DOI
- 10.1097/00003727-200601000-00007
- ISSN
- 0160-6379
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449762702621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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